For an outstandingly imaginative and engaging large-scale work receiving its first UK performance, presented for a live audience or digitally.

• Ben Nobuto – Hallelujah Sim.
• Hans Abrahamsen – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
• Katherine Balch – whisper concerto 

This year's shortlist for the RPS Large-Scale Composition Award was decided by an independent panel drawn from across the music profession comprising:

Alexis Paterson – Senior Music Programme Producer, University of Oxford
Marie Schreer – Co-Artistic Director, Riot Ensemble / Section Leader, Second Violins, The Hallé
Richard Baker – Composer / Professor of Composition, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Shirley J. Thompson – Composer / Professor of Composition and Performance, University of Westminster
Stephan Meier – Composer / Artistic Director, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

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